Little Brother, Big Brother and One in the Middle

Characters: Will, Kentar, Garnet, Chris, Amy, Bale, Robin

Location: Moledeep, Mossflower Woods

Moledeep: Kitchen

Kentar is in the kitchens, gathering things to bake a cake, the stoat moving about rather slowly as he tries to find out where everything is.

Will stands by the door watching the stoat rummage around in the cabinets and drawers. "What are you looking for?" he asks.

Kentar looks to Will. "Getting the things ready to teach you how to bake." he smiles, pulling out a big mixing bowl then a cake pan.

Kentar nods a little. "Can you please find me something to do the mixing with?" he asks.

"Sure," Will nods walking over to a drawer and pulling it open to select a large wooden spoon, "This good enough?" he asks holding it up to show the stoat.

Kentar smiles and nods. "Yeah!" he says, nodding. "That's perfect!" the stoat then looks around for the pitcher of water he put here earlier.

Will hands Kentar the spoon and closes the drawer waiting for the stoat's next instructions.

Kentar sets the bowl on the table then grabs the water. "Right. So. First, Will. Pour some flour into the bowl." he says.

Kentar nods then waits a few moments before holding up his paw. "Stop!" he says with a smile.

Will tilts the bag back up, shaking it a little to shift the flour back down in the bag. He sets the flour sack down and turns to the stoat. "What's next?" he asks

Kentar smiles and then hands over the mixing spoon to the rat. "Beat the flour until the big lumps are gone."

Will nods and takes the spoon to begin mixing the batter. "What else do we need t make th cake?" he asks, "What kind of cake is it gonna be?

Kentar smiles, setting the now empty pitcher of water away. "Well." he looks around.

Next, Kentar adds greensap milk, then eggs, then some sugar and the other ingredents. The stoat then nods. "Keep mixing Will." he says, nodding.

Will continues to mix the batter as each ingredient is added making what he's mixing thicker or runnier depending on what it is. The lard sticks to everything including the spoon but gets mixed in with everything else in the end along with the sugar and eggs. "Anything else to put in? You still haven't told me what kind of cake it will be." Will reminds the stoat

Kentar was dicing up apples and pushed it all into the batter as well. "There. Mix it until the chunks are not chunks. Then pour the batter into the pan up to about here." he points to a ring thats near the top of the pan.

Will nods and mixes the apple chunks into the cake batter til they are no longer visible at the surface. Next he pours all the batter into the cake pan up to where the stoat had pointed, lightly poking any apple pieces that may have resurfaced back down under the surface with the spoon. "Done. Now it bakes and we make th icing?" he asks eying his spoon and wondering if he'd get yelled at for licking it clean or if they'll need to use it again before they're done.

Kentar nods a little and chuckles. "Yeah." he nods and smiles before taking the pan and slipping it into the fiery oven. "Right. So Will. If you'd like, because I know Kluna likes to, you can lick the spoon." he chuckles, almost as if reading his mind. "Now. I'll make the icing myself this time, because I've got a little something secret to put in it." he holds up a little silver vial.

Will grins and happily licks the spoon. "Thanks. What's that?" he asks looking at the vial curiously, "It's not something Pa an I can't have is it?" Meaning something that would make the cake alcoholic.

Kentar grins at will and starts to make the icing. "Haha, no." he smiles. "Nothing like that. Its...a secret. But its something Garnet really, really likes and it will be something you will really like too." he grins.

Will smiles and nods since he's too busy licking off the spoon to talk. Once 'clean' he sets the spoon in the sink, where all the dirty dishes end up sooner or later. "So it'll be a surprise?" he grins wiping his whiskers off with his paws.

Kentar laughs as Will licks the spoon, thinking all dibbun's are the same. He then nods. "Yep. An entire surprise." he grins.

"How long does th cake need t bake for?" Will asks figuring he'll go do something else while it bakes and Kentar makes the surprise icing.

Kentar looks to the oven and then hms. "I'd say about an hour." he nods.

"Ok. And you're going t make th icing while it bakes or after it's done?" the rat asks, "How long will that take?"

Will nods, "Ok. I'll be outside while th cake's baking. Call me when it's done." The rat heads out the door to the hall.

Kentar nods. "I will!" he calls out to Will before adding the secret to his icing.

It's evening now, and Kentar is just putting the final touches on the cake that WILL made. He makes sure the icing is even, and on enough and then makes sure that the cake is cold enough to eat. He laughs to himself and sighs happily as he sits down somewhere, staring at it quietly.

Kentar smiles and looks to Will. "Yeah! Thanks. But you did do most of the work." he chuckles.

Will smiles, "I just did what you told me to." He stares at the cake a little longer before asking, "When are we gonna eat it?"

Kentar laughs and stands. "When we get it to the hall." he laughs, taking the cake carefully and walking to the hall.

Moledeep: Mole Hall

Amethyst is sitting at the table when Will and Kentar come into the hall. "Hello," she calls out turning to face the kitchen.

Garnet comes in from the sleeping hall. She is minus one baby son, as she put him down for a nap. She waves, and smiles warmly to all the beasts in the room, before going to sit at the table, At her spot. She would go and kiss her husband, but doesn't want to mess up what they are carrying.

Kentar comes in and sets down the cake on the table before smiling. "Hey Amy." he grins at Garnet then blinks as she sits down. "You...didn't kiss me!" he frowns a little then laughs.

Will walks in after the stoat with a stack of plates and pawfull of silverware. He lays the plates and pile of forks and spoons on the table and takes a seat waiting for Kentar to give the go ahead.

"Hello. Make something in th kitchen?" Amy asks. The cake doesn't give off a strong enough odor for her to be able to tell what it is but is aware they brought something from in from the kitchen.

Garnet rolls her eyes going to stand up, and bounce toward him. Going to plant a small kiss on his muzzle, "Didn't want you to drop that wonderful cake... yum!" she grins and goes to place her head on his shoulder.

Kentar chuckles and kisses her back before grinning. "Well, that's so thoughtful of you love." he chuckles then looks to Amy. "Of course. We've got cake. Will made it."

Garnet smiles, "Oh, did he? Well it looks great Will. Looks better than anything my stoaty husband can ever make!" she laughs and kisses him on the cheek. She bounces back to her chair, before any repercussions come from that.

Will says, "Actually we made it together and Kentar made th icing and decorated it all himself." Hearing about a cake off the rat shrugs, "Maybe. If you want to."

Garnet chuckles and nods, "Oh yes! Oooo! lets do it before the otters get back! More cake for all of us!" she laughs and picks up some silverware, "Where is my piece!" she grins.

Amethyst nods, "I'm with Garnet. Less talking about cake and more eating cake."

Kentar laughs and nods to Will. "Go ahead, Will. Cut the cake!" he smiles.

Will blinks, "I thought you were gonna do that. .... Just a minute. I'll go get a knife." The rat heads back to the kitchen for a moment and returns with a large kitchen knife and after some hesitation he begins to cut the cake into pieces and put them onto plates.

Garnet bang her silverware on the table, "Where's my Cake!" obviously she wants to be waited on today. She licks her lips as the cake is cut in slices.

Amethyst feels around the table for the silverware to join in Garnet's protest. Unfortunately the silverware doesn't seems to be within her reach. She sits back to wait for her cake either she'll get silverware then or eat the cake with her paws.

Kentar gives Amy silverware and grins to Garnet. "Hold your horses, you'll get some! I need to poison it first!" he laughs. Once Will has put a piece on a plate for Garnet and Amy, he slides the plates down to them.

Garnet grins as she starts to dig into her piece. Like a lady of course. Heh, just kidding! She throws the fork away and digs in with her claws. She takes a few bits and mmms, "Oh its really good! The poison really adds flavor!" she laughs.

Amethyst does use the fork she'd been given and eats slowly. Her ears twitch at the clank of the thrown fork, "Some beast drop a fork?" she asks placing the sound.

Will takes large forkfuls of cake and tries to say something but his mouth is too full of cake for any words to get out. He swallows and tries again, "This is really good." "You did a good job on th icing, Kentar" he says licking a smudge of said icing off a claw.

Kentar laughs and falls into his chair, laughing harder at Garnet. "Glad...hahaha...hahaha...you like it...hahaha!" he laughs. Seems like Garnet has been taking lessons from one young stoat dibbun.

Garnet smirks at Kentar, placing a bit on icing on the stoats nose, "Its absolutely fantastic..." she grins and goes back to eating the cake, regardless. She didn't get this from Chris, she is just being silly.

Kentar smiles and licks the icing from his nose. "Anyways. I'll be back in a sec, we need drinks!" He stands and vanishes into the kitchens.

Garnet blinks a few times as Kentar leaves, "Ah, okay love... Get me some cordial!" she yells at him. She goes back to eat the cake, licking her paws, "Mmmm... Apple..." she laughs. She turns to Will and smiles, "You did really well on the cake... its fantastic!"

Will smiles a little, "Thanks. I just followed Kentar's instructions."

A door behind Garnet very slowly opens and something small but quick slips into the kitchens. Its quiet. And maybe unnoticeable.

Amethyst munches on her cake, her ears moving toward the kitchen after some sound. She doesn't think too much of it with two young dibbuns and a stoat-babe somewhere around.

Garnet smiles and nods at Will, "Well if he can teach you how to make a cake... I wonder, what else does he know how to teach." she hmms. The 'something small' is completely missed by her, As she is too engrossed in her cake.

"He said once he knew how t make swords and we clean up th smithy outside some days ago. He made me a kiln from a big stone once. I watched him do it. He knows a lot of stuff," the rat says also having missed who or what just went into the kitchen.

Garnet says, "Yah he told me... If it keeps him busy, I support him in everything he does..." she smiles and looks off toward the kitchen, "Where is Kentar? Sure is taking long..." she hmms as she goes to polish off her cake.

There's a crash in the kitchen and then a yelp.

Garnet looks off toward the kitchen and stands up. She yells toward the kitchen, "Kentar? Are you alright? Did you drop the drinks? Do you need some help?" she walks off toward the kitchen door, very slowly.

The rats have also stood up and Will looks to the door waiting for a response. If Garnet doesn't go in there soon he will.

There's a loud slam from the kitchen and a few grunts but before anything happens, an arm slips around Garnet and a dagger goes to her throat. "Make anymore moves, she's dead." The beast behind Garnet. Is Bale.

Garnet grunts as she is taken hostage. She eeks and places her paws on Bale's arm by instinct trying to pull it away. Which she cannot do at all. She blinks a few times and tears starts to fill her eyes, "KENTAR! HELP ME! OH... HELP!" she starts to freeze up noticing the dagger.

Amethyst knows that voice and doesn't like it. She gripes her staff tighter. "Didn't we already throw you out once?" she growls a little in Bale and Garnet's direction.

Will stays still as the intruder demanded, for Garnet's sake. He glares at the stoat as he stands unmoving.

Bale looks towards Amy. "Drop the staff rat. Or I will slit...what's her name? Garnet's throat." he growls. There's some more crashing in the kitchens and then another loud yelp. None of which is from Kentar.

Garnet has been in this position before. She is really scared at the moment, but her motherly instinct takes over. Only one thought is too get to Chris. Even if that means her life. She uses her shortness to try and elbow her captor in the groin.

Amethyst releases her grip and lets her staff fall to the floor, "Remind me again, what did that accomplish?" She knows her way around the tunnel rather well now and while her staff helps she can get around inside without it for the most part.

Bale yelps and tries to slit Garnet's throat but when the blade makes contact, it misses the vein totally, making just a long, thin cut. Nothing that will kill her. Just sting like anything. He tries to get a proper hold of her again. "You little..." There's a loud thud and then Robin comes flying through the door, landing on his stomach and rolling. "That will teach you to ever hold a weapon to me!" Kentar storms through the door afterwards but stops when he sees Bale and Garnet.

Garnet yelps with pain as her throat is slit. She starts to cry loudly, glad that she is not rolling on the ground dead. Still doesn't help her position. Bale continues to have a proper grip on her. She bleeds over his arm, and when Robin and Kentar come through the door she yells between sobs, "KENTAR! HELP!"

Amethyst has only a vague idea of what's going on. She ducks down under the table and retrieves her staff, keeping lower and with luck out of plain sight. She can hear the others but it's not like she can do anything about it even with her staff. She'll just try and stay out of the way and let Kentar and Will handle it.

Will really would like to rip Bale apart but if he tries to Garnet will get hurt or killed. He continues to stay as still as he can but it's hard to do and his paw grips the hilt of his sword wanting so much to gut the stoat like a fish.

Bale grins at Kentar. "Drop the knife stoat." he growls. Kentar wasn't about to drop the kitchen knife he had in his paw. "Sorry...brother...but I can't do that." he eyes him close and when Bale takes the dagger from Garnet's throat to point it at Kentar, his arm flies up and throws the knife right into his brother's shoulder. On the way down, Bale lets go of Garnet and falls onto his back. Kentar was already on top of him after having gone around his wife, sitting on Bale's chest, starting to pound that face of his brother's

Garnet screams as she is let go. She looks to Kentar, as he starts to punch Bales face. Going wide eyed for a second before she off of toward sleeping hall to find Chris. She is completely frightened, of everybeast now. Including her husband. She just goes to find Chris. When she gets to her room, she places a chair behind the door, placing somewhat of a lock. Grabbing Chris she holds him extremely close to her as she goes to sit in a darken corner. She rocks back in forth and sobs, "It's... it's okay Chris... Mommy's here..." Chris was napping soundly till he was picked up starts to cry. She continues to rock, "Mommy's here..." And she places her head on his, and cries onto her son.

Amethyst sits under the table with her staff in paw waiting. Just waiting.

Will blinks a little as Kentar attacks his brother and Garnet, now freed, runs off into the sleeping hall. He half considers going out to the kiln since he is still upset and can't bash Bale's head in while Kentar is attacking him. He looks around for the first time in a while and crawls under the table to sit with Amy keeping watch on the stoats and planning out a quick escape route to outside should they need one.

Bale's face starts to bleed and swell up as he's beaten by his brother. Kentar stops for a few moments before picking up the dagger, stabbing his side and then stomach over and over. Bale doesn't die yet, but his cries of pain are louder then anything. The dagger gets thrown away as he resumes beating his brother. He finally stands and rolls his brother onto his stomach, kneeling on his back and then places one paw on Bale's cheek and then the other on his chin. "Brother...w-wait. T-t-take c-care of Robin..." he begs. Kentar leans down to whisper. "I loved you. You were my family. And you still are." he says. "I'll keep him safe...but you...say hello to mom and dad for me." Robin groans and looks up to see Kentar and his dad like that. "NO!!" He shrieks but then there's a loud snap as Bale's neck breaks. Robin launches himself at Kentar but only gets grabbed by the throat. "I'll learn you now." he growls, standing up and walking out, the squirming dibbun in his grasp.

A few minutes later, there are screams of agony.